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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Sudan)
The Catholic Church in Sudan and South Sudan is composed of
- one Latin hierarchy, united in one single episcopal conference, designated as Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference, comprising an ecclesiastical province under a Metropolitan Archdiocese per country, with a total of 7 suffragan dioceses.
- three Eastern Catholic transnational jurisdictions, each covering both countries (the Melkite one mainly in Egypt).
There is also an
Apostolic nunciature to Sudan (papal diplomatic representation, embassy-level) in national capital
Khartoum (into which to nunciature to
Eritrea is also vested),
and an Apostolic nunciature to South Sudan, but that last office in vested in the nunciature to
Kenya (in
Nairobi).
Current Latin dioceses
Ecclesiastical Province of Khartoum
covering all Sudan
Ecclesiastical Province of Juba
covering all South Sudan
Current Eastern Catholic jurisdictions
Three rite-specific churches have competent diocesan jurisdictions, but none is proper to either country alone :
Armenian Church
( Armenian rite in Armenian language)
- Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Iskanderiya (Alexandria), at Cairo, in and mainly for Egypt
Melkite (Greek) Catholic Church
Syriac Catholic Church
( Antiochene rite in Syriac language)
Defunct jurisdictions
No titular see.
Only direct precursors of present sees, except for one suppressed bishopric in Sudan :
- Latin Diocese of Dongola
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Sudan
- Roman Catholicism in South Sudan
- List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)